275 / 808
V
E
R.
i
o.
Ephefianf,
Chap.
z.
259
The
acception
of
the word [created] teacheth
us,
I.
That
there
is
no preparant
matter
in us
for
falvation
,
not
a
capacity.
2.
What
is
the
(late
of
all
the faithfull,
New
creatures.
3.
That
we
cannot
refift
the work
of
God,
it
is
not
in our
power
to withftand
our creation
,
or
a
creating force
of
God.
In
Chrift Itfus
]
All
of
us
had
our being
in
the
firft LA
:
So
was
the fecond
Adam
the Lord
from heaven,
wo.rroias.
As
in
Adam
radically
all
our
lives
were
(we
being
in his
loins,
fucceffively
to
de-
fcend
from him)
fo in
Chrift
is
all the fpirituall
life
originally,
and we
come to be quickned
in
our
time. So
that
a man can
no
more
refift
his regeneration,
then
he could his
naturali generation. out
of me ye
can do
nothing,
Joh.
15.5.
Who
is
the
fubjeót
of
good
works
e
A
Beleever.
Were not
this
abfurd,
if
one fhould fay,
I
have paid
thy
debt,
but yet
I
will have thee pay
it
too
:
I have
bought
filch
a
thing
for
thee,
yet I will give
thee money,
and have
thee
buy
it
too
e
So
fay
they, Chrift hath
deferved and purchafed heaven,
yet
he gives
us
grace, which
is as
it
were
Gods penny,
and
bids
us
buy it after.
But
yet
they
may fay, le
is
not altogether bootleffe,becaufe
it
doth
amplifie
the
worthineffe
of
Chrifts merit, that
we fhould
be made by
it able
to
merit
in
our
felves.
The
Cretians;
though ufualllyers,
flained
not every
thing:
How
ab-
furd is
this,
if
one fhould fay,
It greatly
glorifies
the
regali dignity
of
a
King, that
he
fhould not onely be fo
in his
own perfon,
but make
all his
fubjelts
fo with him
e
Befides,it taketh for granted
a
notable
falfhood, namely, that Chrift
deferved
that
we
fhould
dcferve.
What
is
this new creation
a
It
is
nothing but the Divine quality
throughout
man.
The
parts
of
it
(as
of
the naturali man) are, the ho-
lineffe
of
the
foul and
body
:
The
manner
of
bringing
it
forth,
it
is
in
thefe
two
points,in
the conception
and
forming
of
it,
as in
the Infant;
Ad
conceptionem,
there
is
smarts ardor,
Ú
Coitus.
Hence we learn,
What all the
faithful!
are
: They
are
new
creatures
in
Chrifi
;
they
are fuch
who
are
created anew, and made partakers
of
another
nature
then
this
they bring from their mothers
womb,
even a
divine
nature
they partake in,
as Peter
fpeaketh,
2
Pet.
1.
4.
The
Apoftle every where telleth
the
faithfull
,
that
now
they were
not old creatures
:
old
things are
pafed
away, all
become
new,
2
Cor.
5.
17.
Ye
were
fimetirnes thus
and thus,
ence
darkneffe,
now
light, Ephef.
5.8.
Such
were fame
of
yea,
I
Cor,
6.11. Whofoever
is
in
Chrift,
is a
new
creature,
2
Cor.
5.
r
7.
Know ye not,
fa
many
as
have
been
baptized
into
Chrift, have
been
baptized
into his
death,
Rom.6.3.
renewed
in un-
derftanding,
in
will,
in affe
ions,
in all
the members, by
having
them
made
weapons
of
righteaufneffe,
Rom. 6.13.
This
doth
witneffe
to many,
that they
are
not
Weevers
as
yet,
and
therefore under
wrath.
Why
Becaufe
they
live in
the old man,
in
their old concupifcences,
of
hatred, pride, luft, covetoufneffe,
un-
belief, vanities
of
goodfellowfhip.
Now
this
doth
(hakeagreat many,
who
Expofirion.
In Chrift
we
do all we do
well.
Objea.
Anfsv.
`ÜoEt.
Beleeversare
in
Chrift
new
creatures.
yf
Is
Many
convin.
cedtobe
no
true
Bcleevers.
i